Species that contain: Scolopsis and bimaculatus [ 3 ] records

bimaculatus, Scolopsis Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1828:8, Pl. 2 (fig. 2) [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Syntypes: SMF 2229 (1), 3038 (1, dry), 17033-34 (2), 17517 (1, skeleton). Gender of genus is female, so correct name is bimaculata. •Valid as Scolopsis bimaculatus Rüppell 1828 -- (Kyushin et al. 1977:136 [ref. 19756], Dor 1984:145 [ref. 29757], Russell 1986:601 [ref. 5708], Russell 1990:107 [ref. 19228], Goren & Dor 1994:40 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:217 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:186 [ref. 23922], Chen et al. 1997:99 [ref. 26476], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S110 [ref. 27377], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:37 [ref. 27712], Ali et al. 2018:330 [ref. 36183], Golani & Fricke 2018:95 [ref. 36273], Zajonz et al. 2019:80 [ref. 36871]). •Valid as Scolopsis bimaculata Rüppell 1828 -- (Barman & Mishra 2009:28 [ref. 37652] with author as Ruppell, Psomadakis et al. 2015:270 [ref. 34104], Fricke et al. 2018:211 [ref. 35805], Eagderi et al. 2019:91 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 28 [ref. 38321], Russell 2022:337 [ref. 39836], Zajonz et al. 2022:201 [ref. 40522], Bangchongmanee et al. 2023:81 [ref. 40682]). Current status: Valid as Scolopsis bimaculata Rüppell 1828. Nemipteridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indian Ocean: East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Persian Gulf and Madagascar east to Sri Lanka and Bay of Bengal (India). Habitat: marine.

dubiosus, Scolopsis Weber [M.] 1913:282 [Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition; ref. 4602] Fish market, Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Siboga station 71. Holotype: ZMA 114.483. Not a type: ZMA 114484 (1). Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:89 [ref. 19236], but see Nakamura et al. 2018:226 [ref. 36223]. Based on Scolopsis bimaculatus of Bleeker and specimens. •Valid as Scolopsis dubiosus Weber 1913 -- (Akazaki in Masuda et al. 1984:175 [ref. 6441]). •Synonym of Scolopsis taeniopterus (Cuvier 1830) -- (Russell 1990:118 [ref. 19228]). •Synonym of Scolopsis taenioptera (Cuvier 1830) -- (Chen 1997:350 [ref. 23444], Nakamura et al. 2018:226 [ref. 36223]). Current status: Synonym of Scolopsis taenioptera (Cuvier 1830). Nemipteridae. Habitat: marine.

taeniatus, Scolopsides Cuvier [G.] (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830:340 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 999] Massawa, northern Red Sea, Eritrea, Red Sea. Holotype: ZMB (whereabouts unknown). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1983:15 [ref. 11366]. Original spelling tæniatus. Gender of genus is female, so correct name is taeniata when in Scolopsis. •Synonym of Scolopsis bimaculatus Rüppell 1828 -- (Dor 1984:145 [ref. 29757]). •Valid as Scolopsis taeniatus (Cuvier 1830) -- (Russell 1990:116 [ref. 19228], Goren & Dor 1994:40 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:217 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:187 [ref. 23922], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S110 [ref. 27377], Barman & Mishra 2009:35 [ref. 37652], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:426 [ref. 33460], Zajonz et al. 2019:80 [ref. 36871]). •Valid as Scolopsis taeniata (Cuvier 1830) -- (Psomadakis et al. 2015:271 [ref. 34104], Ali et al. 2018:330 [ref. 36183], Golani & Fricke 2018:95 [ref. 36273], Jawad et al. 2018:116 [ref. 36262], Eagderi et al. 2019:91 [ref. 37020], Russell 2022:338 [ref. 39836], Zajonz et al. 2022:204 [ref. 40522]). Current status: Valid as Scolopsis taeniata (Cuvier 1830). Nemipteridae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Socotra (Yemen), Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf east to Sri Lanka. Habitat: marine.